Any thoughts on new ships like...

[WRB8619]

Just wondering if WoWS has given any thoughts to a subclass of DDs like the Destroyer escorts, frigates, and corvettes that were mass produced during WW2?

[Acme1970]

The question is how much better would these ships be over the basic Destroyer's that are already in the game, historically DE's (or frigates as the RN called them) were a cheaper mass-produced anti-submarine escort, they were typically smaller, slower and has less firepower than standard Destroyers, would they actually add anything new to the game?

[Skpstr]

Considering what they had to do to destroyers to make them viable, escort vessels would be unrecognisable. Otherwise they wouldn't last 5 seconds against a larger ship.

[Lord_Slayer]

18 minutes ago, WRB8619 said:

Just wondering if WoWS has given any thoughts to a subclass of DDs like the Destroyer escorts, frigates, and corvettes that were mass produced during WW2?

 

6 minutes ago, Skpstr said:

Considering what they had to do to destroyers to make them viable, escort vessels would be unrecognizable. Otherwise they wouldn't last 5 seconds against a larger ship.

DEs and Corvettes were much smaller then DDs, with a weaker armament, 3in vs 5in in the case of US ships.

 

The only way I could possibly see them in game, is some kind of Convoy escort mode, where the Submarines attack a convoy of ships, and the DDs and DE/Corvettes try to protect them convoy.

[Snoopys_Odyssey]

How about a seaplane tender that also can operate as a repair ship like WG has in scenarios?